Rottweiler Attack

[Jesterarts]

Eight-year-old Jessie savaged by rottweiler while cleaning dog cages | The Australian

What a complete IDIOT!!!

And how can he even remotely blame the owner of the farm?

I've read a couple articles regarding this and the farm owner has a strict policy against children near the dogs... FULL STOP!

How can someone be so stupid to take a 8 year old child to feed ONE Rottweiler let alone 20 at a farm...

These are huge, powerful animals and the fact they are on a breeding farm means they are not used to children!!

And the idiot says the owner is stupid becasue she didn't have collars on the dogs?

Is he serious... we used to have a rottweiler and when he wanted to go somewhere or do something... never in my life would I let a child near dogs that size... I used to not let my mates... ADULT mates in the back ward without me being right next to them and NEVER when the dog was feeding.

I also heard that while the court did not order the owner fined or the dog destroyed... the owner has opted to destroy the dog anyway... I guess to keep a friend.

WTF!!!

An animal put down because HUMAN STUPIDITY...

I feel for the kid... because children trust the judgement of adults to keep them safe and this COMPLETE WANKER clearly doesn't have the mental capacity to make these judgements.

I also read in another article that this dog was actually "play teased" with the food but I'm going to assume this is something formulated by the media.

But yeah... poor bloody dog... since the farm has a stict policy on children this is probably one of the few times the animal has had contact with a child.

This idiot should be banned BY A COURT ORDER from ever looking after children.

[minux]

I can see the troll coming down...fee fi fo fum heres a link now stick it up ya bum.

No doubt the poor animal will b e destroyed because of the stupidity of someone who thought it was a good idea to let a child into a kennel not even knowing a dogs temperament.

[faroogoo]

Agree with OP,very poor decision to expose a child to that situation.

Dont agree with "Puppy Farming" though...

[minux]

Agree with OP,very poor decision to expose a child to that situation.

Dont agree with "Puppy Farming" though...

The farm could be like a human hospital in where owners leave the dog in the care of these people to whelp. We have friends who do this for German Shepherds, the dog is left at the kennel with about 4 weeks to go before whelp, then collected when pups are around 4 weeks. It could also be a that they had a specialised stud and had many bitches to mate.

[VjamesY]

yeh, i feel very bad for the girl, but it was her fathers RESPONSIBILITY, not the farmers nor the dogs fault..
but it is a dogs instinct to get the slightest bit agressive when someone is present while they are eating (let alone right next to the food) i know as i have a dog, and know thats one of the last things i want to do to it.

her fathers responses and acts really reflect his mental capacity.
even though i understand he would have been thoroughly upset, angry and in seek of revenge i still question his position as a father.

personally i think that (in most cases) animals that are going to be put down because they have injured or killed a person is wrong, most of the time it is because of human intefering with the animals, we are in their territory and we are acting in an unresponsible matter.

why would you punish the animal if it does not know that it has done something wrong, nothing will coming from taking the innocent animals life

[Jesterarts]

And whats more stupid is the father says, quote:

I believe the owner is very very stupid, she doesn't have collars on any of the dogs which makes it very hard to control the dog when it has it's mind set on something

So he says the animals are hard to control... and he let the kid in anyway??

This man is mentally retarded!

[acarmody]

Dead on Jesterarts, bloody idiot of a father! The only dog I would let any of my neices and nephews near is my own, and only when I or my brother are watching.

And I don't know about other owners but I can pick-up and do whatever I want with my dogs food while she is eating, won't even growl at me.

[VjamesY]

Dead on Jesterarts, bloody idiot of a father! The only dog I would let any of my neices and nephews near is my own, and only when I or my brother are watching.

And I don't know about other owners but I can pick-up and do whatever I want with my dogs food while she is eating, won't even growl at me.

mmm yeh it might be a trust kind of thing, your dog is probably used to you feeding it and taking its bowl away when its finished, but this dog has never seen a little kid before, and might have become very suspicious and protective over its food when she approached it

[minux]

Dead on Jesterarts, bloody idiot of a father! The only dog I would let any of my neices and nephews near is my own, and only when I or my brother are watching.

And I don't know about other owners but I can pick-up and do whatever I want with my dogs food while she is eating, won't even growl at me.

Same with any dogs we have had, we could take food from any of our bred dogs mouths(German Shepherds) however, I would never suggest trying it if you weren't one of us.

[VrWagz1]

Poor kid and dog, but like whats been said, the father is obviously missing a few brain cells to let the child near them.

[Jesterarts]

Yeah... our rotti learnt as a pup (45kg pup but anyway) to not get aggresive when I was doing whatever to his food.

After which he could be eating and I could command him to stop... though this was never a good idea as I would later have to mop up a huge drool puddle.

And agree, the dogs owner could probably take the food away from the dog and they wouldn't be aggresive becasue the dog's trust her and know their place in the pack in relation to the owner...

The kid was a new intruder and the dog was basically doing what it would with any new member to the pack... sorting out the pecking order...

That's for any dog I think... they will always test the water atleast once early with their owner to see where they stand in the pack.

Funnily enough it seemed the order of our pack was mum, dad, me dog... lol... it was hilarious as the dog was petrified of mum... and he would get so happy if she showed him affection... once he wet himself he was so happy he got a pat from her!

[faroogoo]

The farm could be like a human hospital in where owners leave the dog in the care of these people to whelp. We have friends who do this for German Shepherds, the dog is left at the kennel with about 4 weeks to go before whelp, then collected when pups are around 4 weeks. It could also be a that they had a specialised stud and had many bitches to mate.

The type of puppy farms i disagree with are the ones that continually use the same bitch's to breed litter after litter with little consideration for the animals wellbeing & only focused on making money.

[Sabbath']

This is bullshit. The opinion poll in the HS today was "Should Rottweillers be banned in Victoria"

Im sick and tired of bleeding heart morons jumping on singular events and trying to wipe out activities because of one, or a couple of completely inadequate morons who dont know how to handle animals, or children around animals.


Ban people who dont know how to control themselves around animals from going near them, not kneejerk react when a dog has a natural reaction.

[andyman]

its no different to people wanting to kill sharks after they get a bite of a human, well darrr we are in THEIR territory, if we are in their habitat, of course we are food to them

[VjamesY]

its no different to people wanting to kill sharks after they get a bite of a human, well darrr we are in THEIR territory, if we are in their habitat, of course we are food to them

mmm yeh andy, i was going to say a similar thing, the killing of shark disgusts me probs the worste of all, we are the stupid ones in their territory and home (we are invading) and they are just going by natural instinct. I bodyboard alot, and i always do at my own risk and knowing of the dangers of sharks, most of the time they are mistaking us for seals anyways.

[Goon]

It's the owner not the dog, doesnt nobody watch the dog whisper?

i have a pitty that ive had for almost 8 years now and his never hurt any child what so ever, its how u bring up the dog that counts and how you treat him around other people, on the negative side of a a child its scared of a dog of coase its going to sense that and attack.. maybe the owner put something in the childs mind to make him think that..

[Tas_HSV]

It's the owner not the dog, doesnt nobody watch the dog whisper?

i have a pitty that ive had for almost 8 years now and his never hurt any child what so ever, its how u bring up the dog that counts and how you treat him around other people, on the negative side of a a child its scared of a dog of coase its going to sense that and attack.. maybe the owner put something in the childs mind to make him think that..

Not sure if I agree with you on the Pitbull stance.....I love all dogs,but belive these things should be wiped out completely....they are bred to fight other dogs,its in their mental makeup.....Sorta like a greyhound...they have a natural chasing instinct,so weather its a 8 week old pup,or a 14 year old ex racer,if a cat or small animal runs past they will chase...Well treated pittys arent aggressive towards people or kids,but if a person/child is trying to save their own dog being torn apart from one of these monsters they will attack.....I had to put an axe through the head of one,attacked the neighbours dog,and took to the neighbour when he tryed to save his dog...

[Goon]

Not sure if I agree with you on the Pitbull stance.....I love all dogs,but belive these things should be wiped out completely....they are bred to fight other dogs,its in their mental makeup.....Sorta like a greyhound...they have a natural chasing instinct,so weather its a 8 week old pup,or a 14 year old ex racer,if a cat or small animal runs past they will chase...Well treated pittys arent aggressive towards people or kids,but if a person/child is trying to save their own dog being torn apart from one of these monsters they will attack.....I had to put an axe through the head of one,attacked the neighbours dog,and took to the neighbour when he tryed to save his dog...

thats a good point but to put ur hand in between 2 dogs fighting is crazy...but without thinking something like that would occur, but if u thought about it and give it anothe approach eg. using a stick u might have another outcome.. or let them battle it out its nature..

[edit] try a garden hose with full water pressure, ost dogs hate bathtime.. aiming it in there mouths and they get confused and think there drowning.. eg.. forget whats going on and walk away or give up for a awhile.

..my cats asleep with my dogs.. laws of nature dont apply at my house, ill post a pic if i have to lol = the owner

[Tas_HSV]

thats a good point but to put ur hand in between 2 dogs fighting is crazy...but without thinking something like that would occur, but if u thought about it and give it anothe approach eg. using a stick u might have another outcome.. or let them battle it out its nature..

[edit] try a garden hose with full water pressure, ost dogs hate bathtime.. aiming it in there mouths and they get confused and think there drowning.. eg.. forget whats going on and walk away or give up for a awhile.

..my cats asleep with my dogs.. laws of nature dont apply here, ill post a pic if i have to lol = the owner

dont worry goon,we squirted it with the hose,and i bashed it with the axe handle first,even when i split its head open with the axe handle it didnt even flinch......so i spun the axe around and planted it blade first through its skull.....was an absolute last resort......and let them battle it out its nature??????well,my widowed neighbour in his 70s poor little daschhound wasnt in a fair fight to start with,and died as a result of his injurys....then my neighbour died 3 weeks later....of a broken heart........and a pic of the cats sleeping with it means the laws of nature dont apply???....hmm,if you really want to prove that,see if it will sleep with a strange dog thats the same sex....

[Goon]

dont worry goon,we squirted it with the hose,and i bashed it with the axe handle first,even when i split its head open with the axe handle it didnt even flinch......so i spun the axe around and planted it blade first through its skull.....was an absolute last resort......and let them battle it out its nature??????well,my widowed neighbour in his 70s poor little daschhound wasnt in a fair fight to start with,and died as a result of his injurys....then my neighbour died 3 weeks later....of a broken heart........and a pic of the cats sleeping with it means the laws of nature dont apply???....hmm,if you really want to prove that,see if it will sleep with a strange dog thats the same sex....

well my cats wouldnt last a second with another persons dog, casue that animal wasnt brought up the way mine are, which comes back on the owner again, if all owners treated there dogs without the influence of violence and the right training the world would probley be a safer place for all dogs and humans alike, but hey thats never going to happen..

[Jesterarts]

Rottweilers banned in Vic... what a joke...

May aswell ban cars too considering how mnay idiots are allowed near those that they can do more harm that a rottiweiler.

And those saying "It's not the dog... its the owner" yeah true... but the owner wasn't bringing these dogs up to be family pets?

So it's not the owners fault they didn't train the dog on how to act around children since the owner didn't allow children near them... it's not a petting zoo, its a breeding farm.

It's like blaming a car company for not putting wings on car incase someone drives off a cliff.

[danja]

Can I just say, you're not "destroying" the dog (unless you're planning to put it through a mince grinder or an industrial crusher or something) - you're killing it.

Let's not mince words here, PC bullshit.

[wildss]

Not sure if I agree with you on the Pitbull stance.....I love all dogs,but belive these things should be wiped out completely...

i believe that people that think like you should be wiped out completley too.

just my 2c

[Jesterarts]

I think there should be rules on who can own what types of dogs...

Bogan with a "ciggie" behind the ear on the dole = no pitbull.

Someone who actually understand the responsibility of owning such a dog and can provide the correct environment for it = Go for it, get a pitbull.

Also, the whole being allowed to have a child or be allowed to look after a child thing should be regulated too... but thats another story for another day.

[xlr8_87]

destroy the stupid fscking father for not being able to control/teach his kid, not the dog.